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   All Iowa employees who work at least 20 hours a week would get paid when they are home sick, under a bill before the Legislature. Business owners and industry groups immediately expressed worries about how much that would cost. STORY DETAILS HERE

  Fairfield Fire Department Capt. Tim Terrell douses a smoldering couch late Sunday afternoon at a 604 N. Court St. house fire. No one was home when a neighbor reported the fire shortly before 4 p.m. CLICK HERE for story details. 

  Thirty percent of the inmates in the Polk County Jail last spring were illegally collecting food-stamp benefits, a state investigation shows. Federal regulations prohibit people who have been jailed for 30 days or more from collecting food-stamp benefits while incarcerated.
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  As New Orleans celebrates, a Burlington Iowa nurse recalls Katrina's wake More details HERE. 

  The American Red Cross is contacting Moberly Missouri-area residents ... to raise awareness about several recent fires in the area. Click here for DETAILS

  Illinois 4-H recently launched two new programs for young people in Illinois. One focuses on children of Illinois military families.
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   Road crews throughout mid-Missouri have been out all night treating some of the slickest surfaces. Boone County Joint Communications workers say since KRCG’s 10 o'clock news last night there have been 16 injury accidents and double the number of vehicle slide offs.
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